nim bmc #276
following in my father’s footsteps, four decades on: completed a month-long basic mountaineering course (#276) from nehru institute of mountaineering in uttarkashi.
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lecture: rock terminology. | image author: unknown.
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rock-climbing, tekhla.
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bouldering session, tekhla.
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river-crossing and tyrolean traverse.
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approach march: bhukki road-head, tel camp, gujjar hut, and base camp. | image author: unknown.
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lecture: snow craft (and: arresting oneself during a fall). | image author: unknown.
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roping-up on a glacier ; crevasse rescue (using c- and z-pulley systems). | image author: unknown.
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ascending and descending on ice. | image author: unknown.
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height-gain exercise.
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height-gain exercise.
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last days. | image author: unknown.